Authenticity testing of fine wines
With over 10,000 grape varieties monitoring authenticity, adulteration and fraud poses a serious challenge for the wine industry.
The authenticity of our food and drink is an ever-present issue, with more and more fraudulent products entering the supply chain every day. In February 2016 Italian authorities seized bottles, labels and boxes relating to counterfeit samples of a well-known, luxury brand of champagne which had an estimated market value of €1.8m. Analytical chemistry may help to testing for authenticity and geographic origin of wine.
Research by: Hettich Timm, Schlotterbeck Götz
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Chemistry and Bioanalytics, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland